cancer
33 blood-cancer patients have dramatic clinical remission with new T-cell therapy
Posted in Science on 8th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller
33 out of 35 patients in a clinical trial had clinical remission within two months.
Personalized tumor vaccines keep cancer in check
Posted in Medicine on 14th Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller
For half a century, researchers have dreamed of giving cancer patients a vaccine that helps the immune system detect the tumors as foreign tissue and wipe them out.
Vitamin C May Help Cancer Treatments Work Better
Posted in Medicine on 7th Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller
Cancer treatments are often hard on patients, but the side effects and challenges are necessary to control or even destroy tumor cells.
A 'sci-fi' cancer therapy fights brain tumors, study finds
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller
A cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadly brain tumors.
Blood test detects cancer and pinpoints location before symptoms appear
Posted in Science on 27th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
A blood test which not only detects cancer but identifies where it is in the body, has been developed by scientists.